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Date:	Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:16:58 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	Cygwin Newsgroup <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: "regtool 1.8" on "cygwin 1.5.10": Recursively remove registry keys
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On Jul  9 09:32, Systemtechnik wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> it seems that regtool cannot remove keys in registry if it's "not 
> empty".
> I have to remove all subkeys/values first, otherwise i get an "Error 
> (5) access denied".
> Is this true, or is there a way to remove whole "trees" from the 
> registry ?

AFAICS, regtool has no "recursive" option.  Patches welcome.  See
http://cygwin.com/contrib.html

Corinna

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